Goheung-gun Selected as an 'Excellent County' in the National Regional Specialized Development Special Zone

Well-being Yuja and Pomegranate Special Zones Achieve Prime Minister's Agency Commendation and 150 Million Won Award

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] On the 22nd, Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that the Goheung Wellbeing Yuja·Pomegranate Special Zone was selected as an excellent regional special zone in the regional specialized development special zone operation performance evaluation among 190 special zones nationwide, receiving the Prime Minister's institutional commendation along with a prize of 150 million won.

The Goheung Wellbeing Yuja·Pomegranate Special Zone has been operated focusing on three major projects: fostering processing and distribution infrastructure for the high value-added industrialization of yuja and pomegranate, innovating production infrastructure to cope with the cultivation environment changes due to subtropical climate change, and revitalizing tourism and promotion linked with local tourism resources and yuja and pomegranate farming households.

This regional specialized development special zone evaluation was conducted over six months through strict screening by external expert committee members of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, consisting of three stages: first (document review), second (on-site), and third (public presentation) evaluations.

The Goheung Wellbeing Yuja·Pomegranate products have established themselves as representative specialties of Goheung-gun, holding the largest production area nationwide with yuja covering 527 hectares (production volume 6,592 tons), accounting for 58% of the national total, and pomegranate covering 87 hectares (production volume 87 tons), accounting for 78% of the national total.

Goheung-gun exports related products such as yuja to 23 countries overseas (22 thousand dollars), and by hosting the nation's first Yuja·Pomegranate Festival, it has elevated the status of 'Korea's No.1 Yuja region.' It also received high scores from external expert committee members due to its proactive and strong administrative will for specialized development, including local marketing market development exporting under the name 'Yuja (YUZA)' to the European market and continuous launches of new yuja and pomegranate products.

A county official said, "Taking this award as an opportunity, we will strive to make the Goheung Wellbeing Yuja·Pomegranate Special Zone a nationwide successful model of the sixth industrialization of agriculture through the continuous development of yuja and pomegranate related industries."

Meanwhile, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups plans to hold a sales exhibition commemorating the special zone selection and link it with a Christmas market to hold an excellent special zone awards ceremony.

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